Saturday, November 18, 2017

“The Monad, which is essentially ever the same,
participates through the various vestures in succeeding cycles of partial or
total obscuration of Spirit or of Matter. Everything occurring in daily life
could be seen entirely in terms of the continuous ascent or descent from the
One, or in terms of obscuration and illumination, but these could pertain
either to Matter or to Spirit. Once one has grasped this philosophical and
metaphysical basis for comprehending the complex scheme of monadic life and
transformation, one can reckon with the fact that there are seven kingdoms of
Monads:

The first
group comprises three degrees of elementals, or nascent centres of forces –
from the first stage of differentiation of (from) Mulaprakriti (or rather
Pradhana, primordial homogeneous matter) to its third degree – i.e., from full
unconsciousness to semi-perception; the second or higher group embraces the
kingdoms from vegetable to man; the mineral kingdom thus forming the central or
turning point in the degrees of the 'Monadic Essence,' considered as an
evoluting energy. Three stages (sub-physical) on the elemental side; the
mineral kingdom; three stages on the objective physical side – these are the
(first or preliminary) seven links of the evolutionary chain.” …………….The Secret Doctrine, i 176

Do not be put out by the title of the article which has
a philosophical flavour. A Monad in the philosophical domain is an indivisible
and hence ultimately simple entity, such as the very fundamental particle of
matter or life form. Madame Blavatsky explains the first of the seven links in
the evolutionary chain. In Theosophy the seven links are represented as seven
globes or they are the seven levels of consciousness. Let us now explain in detail
what The Secret Doctrine is saying with respect to the evolution of the human
consciousness.

The first point that is made is that both the material
and spiritual manifestation in the earthly domain is due to the different
vesture (clothing) which the very fundamental monad takes on. This
understanding has come to the spiritual masters through a deep intuitive
inquiry. But, today. we have powerful knowledge Through science, especially
through particle physics, which theoretically propose that a particle in
nothing but energy vibration in different dimension. Contemporary, leading
String theory Physicist, Michio Kakusays:

“In string theory, all particles are vibrations on a
tiny rubber band; physics (particles and forces) is
the harmonies on the string; chemistry (elements and
interactions) is the melodies we play on vibrating strings; the
universe (all conscious manifestations) is
a symphony of strings, and the 'Mind of God' (multiverse)
is cosmic music resonating in 11 dimensional hyperspace.” – (all italics in the quote are the author’s definition)

What The Secret Doctrine is laying out is this complex
truth in simpler language. What we see as fundamental sub-atomic particles such
as Quarks, Electrons and the atom, molecules and elements are all essentially
the same basic Monad but having different arrangements through force linkages.
It is vital to understand that even the very forces which form the linkages are
made of the very same Monads. In this definition of Monad, the words ‘matter
and spirit’ are to be referred, with our current knowledge, as ‘particles and
forces’.

The first stage of differentiation, in the past, had
varied history. Democritus, in the 5th Century B.C, proposed the
first crude atomic theory but it was only in the 18th century that
John Dalton proposed an indivisible atom as a constituent of elements. And it
was only in 1888 A.D that Madame Blavatsky wrote ‘The Secret Doctrine’. Ever
since, with continued research and with the advent of String Theory in particle
physics, the fundamental constituent of matter has been revealed to be an
energy field in ‘hyperdimension’. Forgive me for this rambling, but, in my
understanding, it is vital for us today to assert that the level of the Monad
both at the material and Spirit level is the fundamental field of
consciousness.

This understanding needs to be broadened based on the
fact that essential elements in the human body, such as Calcium in our bones,
Iron in our blood and Nitrogen in our DNA are all created in the exploding
stars. There is a vast interconnection which affirms the role of ‘Cosmic
Consciousness’ in the evolutionary process of the various ‘Conscious kingdoms’
such as ‘metals and minerals’, ‘plants and vegetation’ and ‘animals and humans’.

Evolution has not reached its full cycle and this is
reason that many esoteric spiritual traditions talks of seven planes of
consciousness.

Madam Blavatsky writes that “These seven planes
correspond to the seven states of consciousness in man. It remains with him to
attune the three higher states in himself to the three higher planes in Kosmos.
But before he can attempt to attune, he must awaken the three “seats” to life
and activity. And how many are capable of bringing themselves to even a
superficial comprehension of Atma-Vidya (Spirit-Knowledge), or what is called
by the Sufis, Rohanee!” ……………..“The Secret Doctrine”
Vol. 1, p. 199

The seven levels or kingdoms of the Monad pervades from
the worldly level, where man occupies the fourth level (the three lower levels
being, elemental, vegetative and animal) and the evolutionary path leads up to
the three higher levels of Solar, Galactic and Cosmic. The potential is very
much within the individual to evolve and this is a journey that lies beyond
space-time dimension. Through spiritual practices, such as deep meditation, a
higher level of mindfulness and constant focus on non-attachment, one can
aspire to reach the higher levels of spiritual consciousness.

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